Today Carpe Diem have one of my favorite words, verdant, which essentially means green including many synonyms. But I decided to make a slightly humorous twist by using this excellent woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi depicting a warrior drinking sake directly from a cask.
brave warrior
drinking sake from the cask
morning verdant face
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morning verdant face
shivering from consequences
sake yesterday
But that was slightly humorous. I want to write one more in line with longing for spring. Nothing is better than wooden anemones blooming in a spring birch wood.
under verdant roof
early bloom of anemones
silver birch temple
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January 31, 2013
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Ha! You nailed that awful morning feeling with the droll use of verdant!! Well done! 😀 The third one set a beautiful scene, one I can only dream of at the moment!! Thanks for sharing.
I like the picture. The cask comes from Onishika. Must leave now, maybe I’ll write on verdant myself, tomorrow. Your haiku are inspiring. Lothar
PS Happy Birthday! Hope it is a verdant one!
Tsk, tsp now maybe he knows better
Maybe, but somehow I doubt it!
Verdant Bowl
I like the sake set. Funny.;-)
Ah – the verdant face of misery.
But the anemones are beautiful.
Cheers!
JzB
every word in that last haiku is a beauty.. the photo and the first set is hilarious… he’s got arrows stuck on his back, gawd does he even know?.. lol
// under verdant roof / early bloom of anemones / silver birch temple // Awesome haiku as I already have tweeted you 🙂
The first two…a late night smile.
The last, I agree with Kris…awesome.
Did I see it is your birthday? Happy birthday !
A fun filled haiku … loved it 🙂
where do you get these beautiful paintings from! lovely twisty take on the prompt. Third one is what we are all asking for.
The internet is a great source 🙂
Your haiku are so good 🙂
The brave warrior has an Achilles heel! And love the second haiku bursting with colour!
Reminds me of Musashi.. The sake set is superb.
Nice take on verdant 🙂 The last one is my favourite “Under verdant roof…”
Nicely done, Bjorn
Good humour in the first two…not met very often (by me) in haiku. And the third one – a true gem.
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Wonderful… The humor in it works too… Verdant is one of my fav words too. 😉
Eliz